What’s next for the test-optional movement?
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 20, 2024
Yale, Brown and Cornell universities have all revived their testing requirements, raising questions about whether other institutions will follow suit.
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Conservatives reheat the poor quality course question
Wonkhe
MAY 28, 2024
The Conservative party has promised to cull "poor quality" higher education courses, and fund apprenticeships with the proceeds. For David Kernohan neither the numbers or the ideas stack up The post Conservatives reheat the poor quality course question appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Your LinkedIn Profile for Professors and Academics
The Academic Designer
MAY 22, 2024
LinkedIn is a valuable platform for academics beyond job searching. It offers networking opportunities with colleagues, collaborators, research funders, and policymakers. A detailed profile and personalized connections enhance its effectiveness. It's a good investment of time for academics.
A ‘Great Misalignment’ Between Credentials and Jobs
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 29, 2024
A ‘Great Misalignment’ Between Credentials and Jobs Sara Weissman Wed, 05/29/2024 - 03:00 AM Many future jobs won’t require a bachelor’s degree, according to a new report. But institutions aren’t offering credentials in the right fields to meet labor market demand.
Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive
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Pledge allegiance or else: Maryland public school forces students and teachers to salute the flag
FIRE
MAY 30, 2024
FIRE demanded that a public elementary school in Maryland retract its unconstitutional guidance that students and staff must stand and salute the U.S. flag during the Pledge of Allegiance.
After Learning Her TA Would Be Paid More Than She Was, This Lecturer Quit
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 21, 2024
By Adrienne Lu Mark Leong for The Chronicle Amanda Reiterman, on learning she’d be paid less than her teaching assistant: “It made me sick to my stomach.” Labor activism has graduate teaching assistants out-earning some faculty members in the University of California system.
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Higher risks and longer delays: Student mental health advisors on the front line
Wonkhe
MAY 2, 2024
Every year student mental health advisers feed back on their their caseloads and conditions. Rachel Spacey and Sam Gamblin find that this year's results make for worrying reading The post Higher risks and longer delays: Student mental health advisors on the front line appeared first on Wonkhe.
Meet the falcons: Aurora, Eclipse, Nox and Sol
The Berkeley Blog
MAY 23, 2024
A contest open to the public to name UC Berkeley's four falcon chicks has ended in a landslide. The post Meet the falcons: Aurora, Eclipse, Nox and Sol appeared first on Berkeley News.
AAUP Report Finds ‘Well-Funded’ Right-Wing Attacks on Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 30, 2024
More than 150 bills designed to “undermine academic freedom and university autonomy” were introduced in 35 state legislatures across the country between 2021 and 2023, according to a new white paper released by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) on Wednesday. Twenty-one of those bills were signed into law.
Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 12, 2024
Christopher Edley Jr., a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr. Gary Orfield, died over the weekend. He was 71. Christopher Edley Jr. “Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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Is This the End of Reading?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 9, 2024
Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied. By Beth McMurtrie Students are less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied. What needs to change?
What’s keeping adults interested in college from enrolling?
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 8, 2024
Money and time are two of the most commonly cited barriers to earning a credential, according to a new survey from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation.
Migration Advisory Committee recommends keeping the Graduate route
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MAY 14, 2024
The MAC review of the Graduate route finds no evidence of widespread abuse, and no impact on the integrity and quality of UK HE. The ball is back in the government's court, say David Kernohan and Michael Salmon The post Migration Advisory Committee recommends keeping the Graduate route appeared first on Wonkhe.
Why the answer to the $64,000 question is … $64,000: How much do students need to live on?
HEPI
MAY 8, 2024
We have – finally – today achieved something I have long wanted HEPI to do: we have taken a blank sheet of paper and worked out how much money students need to live on. By ‘need to live’ we don’t mean just avoiding poverty; nor do we mean living in plush comfort. We mean having around enough income to be safe, warm and decently fed, to be able to buy necessary course-related items and to be able to get involved with the non-academic side of university life, perhaps by joining a society or two.
‘Notice Is Not Required’: Letter Says UNC Chapel Hill Secretly Records Professors
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 20, 2024
‘Notice Is Not Required’: Letter Says UNC Chapel Hill Secretly Records Professors Ryan Quinn Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM A business school professor was startled to learn that the university had recorded his classes as part of a ‘review’ he didn’t know about. The university says it has no formal policy on filming classes. Professors are worried.
All Is Not Lost
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 2, 2024
Casualties of the ongoing FAFSA debacle continue to stack up, even as Federal Student Aid Director Richard Cordray leaves the situation behind. While the U.S. Department of Education works to fix the broken system, it’s time for community college leaders to remind Americans that these important institutions exist. Experts predict that huge numbers of students won’t go to college this fall — we can head that off by reminding them that college decisions need not be made in spring, and no matter wh
We don’t see immigration statistics, we see people
The PIE News
MAY 24, 2024
This article was written by Ruth Arnold, executive director of external affairs for Study Group and co-founder of the #WeAreInternational campaign. I have to be honest. These past few weeks have not been much fun. When I was asked how I felt hearing the government had agreed not to remove the Graduate route, the word that came immediately to mind was relief.
Liberal arts colleges must embed career services throughout campus life
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 28, 2024
Colleges should strive to teach students both how to think and to be career-ready when they graduate, the leader of Denison University argues.
Higher risks and longer delays: Student mental health advisors on the front line
Wonkhe
MAY 2, 2024
Every student mental health advisers feed back on their their caseloads and conditions. Rachel Spacey and Sam Gamblin find that this year's results make for worrying reading The post Higher risks and longer delays: Student mental health advisors on the front line appeared first on Wonkhe.
Five Tips for Writing Academic Integrity Statements in the Age of AI
Faculty Focus
MAY 9, 2024
Author Rie Kudan received a prestigious Japanese literary award for her book, The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy, and then disclosed that 5% of her book was written word-for-word by ChatGPT (Choi & Annio, 2024). Would you let your students submit a paper where 5% of the text was written by ChatGPT? What about if they disclosed their use of ChatGPT ahead of time?
New ChatGPT Version Aiming at Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2024
New ChatGPT Version Aiming at Higher Ed Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 05/31/2024 - 03:00 AM ChatGPT Edu, emerging after initial partnerships with several universities, is prompting both cautious optimism and worries.
Study: Black Parents Report Better Outcomes with More Black Teachers at School
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 6, 2024
Over 90% of Black parents want more opportunities to be involved in their children’s education and want more input into education laws, according to a study by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). UNCF recently surveyed 1,200 low- to moderate-income Black parents, which resulted in a report on the perspectives of African American parents on key issues in education.
Net benefit of Graduate Route reached £70m in first full year, research shows
The PIE News
MAY 7, 2024
The total net benefit to the UK exchequer of hosting Graduate Route visa holders came in at £70 million in the first full year of the scheme, new research has found, disproving claims that the UK loses out financially. The findings are part of a new report , The Exchequer benefits and costs associated with the Graduate Route visa , which is the first detailed look at the fiscal benefits as well as the costs to the UK in the first full tax year after the Graduate Route visa was introduced.
‘Real equity’: Southern New Hampshire U’s next president shares her vision
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 29, 2024
Lisa Marsh Ryerson, former leader of Wells College and the AARP Foundation, will take over for longtime President Paul LeBlanc in July.
Maybe too many people go to university
Wonkhe
MAY 30, 2024
How many people should go to university? Paul Wiltshire argues that we need a proper debate about student numbers The post Maybe too many people go to university appeared first on Wonkhe.
Cry Freedom: An Addendum
HEPI
MAY 14, 2024
Next Tuesday 21st May, we are hosting a webinar discussing non-continuation in UK universities, following the publication of a HEPI Policy Note on the issue. You can sign up to the webinar here. This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor James Tooley , Vice Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. In Cry Freedom , published last week by University of Buckingham Press, I presented an argument against what I consider to be the recent regulatory assault on the institutional autonomy o
Exposing the Inequity of Faculty Counteroffers
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
Exposing the Inequity of Faculty Counteroffers jessica.blake@… Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM A new study shows that women and faculty of color who receive outside job offers are far less likely than their white, male peers to receive a counteroffer to stay at their current institution.
Love is the Critical Ingredient for Black Men
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 28, 2024
High school graduation rates for young Black men have improved in the last decade — since 2012, U.S. graduation rates increased overall by 4%, while Black students saw a 14% increase in graduation. But there is work to be done to close the achievement gap between them and their white and Asian American counterparts. The best solution to help young Black males find and stay on the path to lifelong opportunities is simple: love.
MAC recommends retaining UK’s graduate route
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
Contrary to expectations, the Migration Advisory Committee has suggested retaining the UK’s graduate route in its current form – a triumphant result for the UK’s international education sector and news that will reassure those working with international students about their overseas study destination options. The government will now need to respond to its findings but the MAC report is unequivocal in its consideration of the graduate route as serving the purpose for which it was deve
St. Catherine University eliminates staff roles as it grapples with deficits
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 24, 2024
The Catholic women’s university has faced multimillion-dollar operating deficits in recent years.
A first look at UCAS’ new grades on entry tool
Wonkhe
MAY 13, 2024
UCAS has a new tool showing successful students' actual grades on entry to their courses. Debbie McVitty got a sneak preview The post A first look at UCAS’ new grades on entry tool appeared first on Wonkhe.
How can we access the non-economic benefits of the Humanities?
HEPI
MAY 13, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabel Dukes, Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. In current discussions of the value of humanities research, two concerns come across most strongly: the extent to which humanities research creates skills, and the extent to which humanities research is financially lucrative for individuals, the government and the economy.
2 Virginia Universities Won’t Require DEI Classes After Governor’s Review, Board Pushback
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 13, 2024
2 Virginia Universities Won’t Require DEI Classes After Governor’s Review, Board Pushback Ryan Quinn Mon, 05/13/2024 - 03:00 AM Years-long efforts to create and mandate diversity-themed coursework at George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth fizzled after an unusual intervention by Glenn Youngkin and last-minute actions by board members.
Statement on the UWM Administration’s Proposal to Close the College of General Studies
Academe Blog
MAY 6, 2024
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE AAUP CHAPTER We are reposting this statement, published today on the UWM AAUP chapter website, with permission of the chapter. On Friday, May 3, UWM’s administration submitted a proposal to close the College of General Studies (CGS) and lay off all of its employees.
Australia maintains age limit of 50 for post-PhD work visas
The PIE News
MAY 30, 2024
The amendment reverses the government’s decision to reduce the minimum age for all graduate visa streams from 50 to 35 years old – except for Hong Kong and British overseas passport holders – announced as part of its migration review in December 2023. “Good news amid turbulent time,” Ly Tran professor at Deakin University wrote on LinkedIn.
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